What a pleasure it was to be back in Sydney this month after an absence of 14 years. That city has lost none of its world-famous natural attractions, geographic and human (female), and has added some towers in the CBD of unusual distinction. It was a pleasure to reconnect with old friends I had not seen for many years, including Bob Carr, Owen Harries and Paul Keating, still the most entertaining, and one of the most intelligent, heads of government I have known, on five continents and over 40 years of intermittent activity on that circuit.
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